Transgenderism in nature: The tale of the boy clownfish who became a girl

It took me completely by surprise when I saw the clownfish image on Bing’s landing page one day.  Gorgeously colorful, eye catching, a stunning view of a fish.  Really way better in view than on a plate here at Beck’s Cafe during the lunch crowd.  But what I learned surprised me even more.   Clownfish change gender when they need to for their species survival.

Apparently the amazing Clownfish is “protandrous hermaphrodites” that is, it’s first a male then, at the right time for it’s species, changes it gender to female for pro-creation.  Yet another example from nature of our sometimes fluid gender in biology.  Interesting indeed.

Have a read for yourself at Wikipedia’s article:  Clownfish